Design Objective: to maximise the performance potential of a 12m offshore monohull, with the capacity to sleep a full crew and with a usable interior. This is a versatile boat, set up for high performance racing either short-handed or fully crewed, both harbour and offshore. Blink is built with racing in the infamous Cook Strait in mind, with robust construction and systems, foam core, and options chosen with the wisdom that 'to win you must first finish' in mind: twin rudders, twin hydraulic rams, and dual hydraulic keel power sources (electric and engine pumps).

Late October 2012: faired and undercoat applied. D-shaped forward hatch space, area on front for anchor locker (since decided not to have anchor locker, not enough space with retractable prod - whose diameter had to increase after final engineering was done)

Deck lifted from mould so that windows could be cut and weighing to be done. Much happiness at being pretty much on target weight for deck at 213 kg